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Barry Community Projects Ltd
The garden and allotment, based just off Dyffnalt Road in the Treharne area of Barry, is open to anyone in the town who is interested in volunteering to help make the venture a success. Lisa Williams, who has been appointed part-time Garden Manager after funding from Environment Wales, said â€œIt will be a great opportunity to get out, meet new people and learn something new. It will also be valuable experience to include on a CV for those looking for employment.â€

Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre
Onboard a survey vessel with the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre, one of the naked scientists catches up with some ocean celebrities living in a marine reserve off the Welsh Coast.

Daclus Sandfields Aberavon
Work has begun on community garden in Aberavon, Kathryn Britton from Keep Wales Tidy told residents at an Aberavon Pact meeting that work had begun on the garden.
Ms Britton said: "We are hoping the garden will avert some of the fly-tipping that has been going on there."

Friends of Coedbach Park
The remains of an old car was amongst the finds recovered following a major operation to remove Japanese knotweed from a Pontarddulais park.

Garth Hillside Organic Garden Education & Outreach Project
The piece on Garth Hillside features 2hrs, 43 minutes into the broadcast. Sarah Easedale interviewed Judith Wright from the group and our very own Geraint Hughes. We managed to get the message out there about EW's support for growing projects and environmental projects in Wales.

National Trust Wales
Help endangered species - be a dormouse detector. Volunteers and schools are giving a helping hand to our cutest endangered species, the dormouse.

RAY Ceredigion Flying High!
RAY Ceredigion is celebrating funding from Environment Wales to increase awareness of recycling through arts and crafts activities and develop a volunteering programme to assist with the scrapstore. The new project is being launched on Saturday 19th April in RAY Ceredigionâ€™s Aberaeron premises with a free kite making workshop to celebrate National Kite Month (http://www.nationalkitemonth.org/). The workshop is running from 11am â€“ 2pm and is a drop in session aimed at parents and children.
â€˜We are so pleased to have this opportunity to extend the range of our activities and encourage the use of recycled materials in arts and crafts activities,â€™ says project manager Gill Byrne. â€˜As well as regular free Saturday workshops we are launching a free Wednesday morning Clonc a Chrefft group on 30th April where we can share ideas on items to make from recycled materials. We have themes lined up including rag rugging, weaving with plastics and making bowls from paper and papier mache, but we are keen to accept suggestions from volunteers on new ways to use our scrapstore materials.â€™
The RAY Ceredigion scrapstore welcomes visits from anyone in the community and in the past year has been used by teaching staff, members of Guiding groups, artists, and parents. The scrapstore is open most days but if travelling long distances ring RAY Ceredigion on 01545 570 686 to book a visit.

RSPB Conwy
Pebble mosaic is unveiled at RSPB Conwy
Over the last year, the RSPB Conwy nature reserve near Llandudno Junction has undergone an exciting facelift, and another piece of the project has been unveiled.
A pebble mosaic centre-piece - made from two tonnes of pebbles â€“ has been unveiled in Y Maes, the reserve events area and playspace. The mosaic was designed by staff and volunteers from the reserve and includes 11 miniature pebble mosaics featuring the wildlife found on the reserve from bats to frogs to dragonflies.
Laura Kudelska from RSPB Conwy says: â€œThank you to all the staff and volunteers who helped us create another piece in RSPB Conwyâ€™s facelift jigsaw! It took 17 people 373hours over four weeks, and the end result is absolutely stunning.â€
The pebble mosaic is a spiral of pebbles that leads to a carved slate compass centre piece â€“ which was donated by Llechwedd Welsh Slate in Blaenau Ffestiniog â€“ and was created especially for the project. The pebbles were sorted into similar sizes and laid into the ground one by one over a 20m2 area.
Laura adds: â€œGuessing what all the different mosaic creatures are adds to the fun of the artwork, and will give visitors another dimension to their visit to the reserve.â€
Environment Wales have funded this amazing new feature, with the help of RSPB Conwy Support Group. To see the pebble mosaic, and all the other improvements, the reserve is open 9.30am-5pm daily. More details at www.rspb.org.uk/conwy.
Conwy Connections is an initiative part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government and is a component element of Natural Resources Wales' Communities and Nature strategic project.

Swansea Community Farm
Swansea community farm swaps tractors for bikes, volunteers at Swansea's Community Farm are swapping their tractors for two wheels.

Swansea Community Farm
Keeping old skills alive - PRINCE Charles is a fan â€” and now people in Swansea have been learning about the art of hedgerow laying.

Taff Housing Allotment Project
As part of Taff Housing Associationâ€™s commitment to the local community, the Association are supporting tenants and residents by creating a thriving growing space at the Leckwith and Droves Allotment site in Cardiff.
The community allotment group celebrated a year of success at their Annual General Meeting, marking many changes and improvements to the site.
One of the most important, the addition of a compost toilet, took place
outside the training shed as the meeting itself was taking place.
With the sun shining and much going on around the allotment site, there was a great atmosphere at the meeting, which was as much a celebration of so many achievements.
As the officers recounted the yearâ€™s events, you could hear the sounds of tapping and banging, as the panels and fittings for the toilet were put in place by contractors from Landcraft.
Chairman Fanwell Tandi started off the meeting by saying it had been â€œa very pleasant yearâ€, and secretary Jayne Palmer talked of the â€œmassive differenceâ€ to the facilities, which include more raised beds, a water tank, a thriving training shed, fruit cage, patio area and much more.
Jayne played a big part in helping over the past year to draw down grant funding from Environment Wales, Impact Plus and Awards for All, towards the toilet, a much needed polytunnel, funds to purchase the storage container and top soil.
Registering with Environment Wales has seen a shift on site to more organic gardening â€“ and signage in English and Welsh.

Teifi Marshes Project
MID and West Wales AM Joyce Watson recently visited the Welsh Wildlife Centre in Cilgerran to see how a new project to boost one of Walesâ€™s most important habitats is coming along.

The Eternal Forest Trust
The Eternal Forest Trust were awarded Â£3,000 by Environment Wales to create new paths for visitors, find out about their featured Bluebell appeal in the news section of the Environment Wales website.

The Grasslands Trust
Chris Beardshaw recently spoke on BBC Radio 4 about The Grasslands Trust. Find out why he thinks our meadows are so special.